On the eigenvalues of firefly graphs

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South China Normal University

Abstract

The sharp upper bounds and the sharp lower bounds of the largest‎ ‎eigenvalues $\lambda_1$‎, ‎the least eigenvalue $\lambda_n$‎, ‎the second largest eigenvalue $\lambda_2$‎, ‎the spread and the‎ ‎separator among all firefly graphs on $n$ vertices are determined‎.

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Volume 3, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
September 2014
Pages 1-9
  • Receive Date: 14 August 2013
  • Revise Date: 19 April 2014
  • Accept Date: 21 April 2014
  • Published Online: 01 September 2014